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  • UN representatives not going to participate in Lavrov-Kerry meeting on Syria

    UN representatives not going to participate in Lavrov-Kerry meeting on Syria

    Date: 2014-01-07 18:19:44 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:485097

    The United Nations representatives will stay away from the next meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Syrian settlement, according to Farhan Haq, the deputy of the UN secretary-general's ....

  • Fatah delegation to visit Gaza soon for reconciliation talks with Hamas

    Fatah delegation to visit Gaza soon for reconciliation talks with Hamas

    Date: 2014-01-07 18:19:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:485096

    A delegation of the Fatah Movement will be visiting the Gaza Strip soon to complete reconciliation talks with rival Hamas. The delegation will complete talks started two weeks ago with head of Hamas political office Khaled Meshaal in Qatar, ....

  • Extremist Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Extremist Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-01-07 16:21:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:484945

    A number of extremist Jewish settlers backed by Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the city of Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) on Tuesday, according to World Bulletin. "Nineteen settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa compound through ....

  • Saudi minister, Egypt's ambassador discuss cooperation

    Saudi minister, Egypt's ambassador discuss cooperation

    Date: 2014-01-07 16:19:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:484940

    Saudi Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Mansour Bin Meteb held a meeting on Tuesday with Egypt's ambassador here to discuss cooperation. In statements to MENA, Ambassador Afifi Abdul Wahab said the meeting tackled means to enhance ....

  • Iran to cooperate with Lebanon in investigating Majid death

    Iran to cooperate with Lebanon in investigating Majid death

    Date: 2014-01-07 12:36:51 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:484449

    Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to cooperate with Lebanon to find out the exact reason for the death of the terrorist Majid al-Majid, IRNA News Agency reported. Afkham said a delegation was ....

  • Fatah says Hamas decision on Fatah men exiled from Gaza 'is not new'

    Fatah says Hamas decision on Fatah men exiled from Gaza 'is not new'

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:43:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:484364

    A Fatah official said a recent decision taken by rival Hamas for allowing hundreds of members of Fatah to return to the Gaza Strip after being exiled from the coastal Palestinian territory since 2007 was not new. "We have discussed this issue two ....

  • 56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:40:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:484358

    At least 56 people were killed and wounded Tuesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad. The bombing, which occurred near a police station, left four people dead and 52 others, mostly policemen, wounded, a ....

  • 230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    Date: 2014-01-07 10:00:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:484097

    Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday decided to allow the entry of 230 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing. According to Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, ....

  • Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-01-07 09:30:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:484010

    An Egyptian citizen was killed Tuesday in an armed attack in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. Security forces immediately cordoned off the scene of the attack. The body was carried to the forensic medicine department. ....

  • Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Date: 2014-01-07 07:38:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:483702

    Hamas outgoing Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismael Haniya discussed Monday means of stemming the internal division and reaching a national unity in a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who belongs to Fatah ....

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